"Neil Simon Marvin Neil Simon (July 4, 1927 – August 26, 2018) was an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He wrote more than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly adaptations of his plays. He received more combined Oscar and Tony nominations than any other writer. Simon grew up in New York City during the Great Depression, with his parents' financial hardships affecting their marriage, giving him a mostly unhappy and unstable childhood. He often took refuge in movie theaters where he enjoyed watching the early comedians like Charlie Chaplin. After a few years in the"
"Theatre, named in his honor. Neil Simon was born on July 4, 1927, in The Bronx, New York, to Jewish parents. His father, Irving Simon, was a garment salesman, and his mother, Mamie (Levy) Simon, was mostly a homemaker. Simon had one older brother by eight years, television writer and comedy teacher Danny Simon. He grew up in Washington Heights, Manhattan, during the period of the Great Depression, graduating from DeWitt Clinton High School when he was sixteen, where he was nicknamed ""Doc"" and described as extremely shy in the school yearbook. Simon's childhood was difficult and mostly unhappy due"
"and many Simon and Garfunkel concert albums contain songs Simon first recorded on solo albums. Finally, Paul Simon has a few songs that appear on compilation albums and nowhere else. For example, ""Slip Slidin' Away"" appears only on the compilation albums ""Negotiations and Love Songs"" (1988) and ""Greatest Hits, Etc."" (1977). Studio solo albums Paul Simon Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Simon's musical career has spanned seven decades, with his fame and commercial success beginning as half of the duo Simon & Garfunkel (originally known as Tom & Jerry), formed in 1956"
"Simon Neil Simon Alexander Neil (born 31 August 1979) is a Scottish vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter. He is known for his work in the bands Biffy Clyro and Marmaduke Duke. Born in Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland, Simon Neil formed Biffy Clyro in 1995 at 15 years old recruiting Kilmarnock-born James Johnston and someone known only as Barry on bass and drums respectively, calling themselves Skrewfish. Barry was soon replaced by Ben Johnston, James's twin brother, and Biffy Clyro was effectively formed. In 1997, the trio moved to Glasgow, where Neil studied Electronics with Music at the University of Glasgow. He"
"and the original stage manager for ""Cats"", and he is the father of five children: Karen, Lisa, Rebecca, Jessica, and Joshua. Emanuel Azenberg Emanuel ""Manny"" Azenberg (born January 22, 1934) is an American theatre producer and general manager whose professional relationship with playwright Neil Simon spans thirty-three years. Azenberg was born in The Bronx, the son of Hannah (née Kleiman) and Joshua Charles Azenberg. He attended the Bronx High School of Science. He became interested in the theatre after seeing his uncle, former Yiddish theatre actor Wolfe Barzell, perform in the 1948 play ""Skipper Next to God"" by Jan de"
"would rather not know this stuff. I'd rather do it because it's true and because I accidentally wind up creating something that falls into this pattern than be told what the pattern is."" Neil Gaiman Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (; born Neil Richard Gaiman, 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and films. His works include the comic book series ""The Sandman"" and novels ""Stardust"", ""American Gods"", ""Coraline"", and ""The Graveyard Book"". He has won numerous awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker awards, as well as the Newbery"
"Paul Simon Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Simon's musical career has spanned seven decades, with his fame and commercial success beginning as half of the duo Simon & Garfunkel (originally known as Tom & Jerry), formed in 1956 with Art Garfunkel. Simon was responsible for writing nearly all of the pair's songs, including three that reached number one on the U.S. singles charts: ""The Sound of Silence"", ""Mrs. Robinson"", and ""Bridge over Troubled Water"". The duo split up in 1970 at the height of their popularity and Simon began a successful solo"
"Live Concert"" was released on DVD, via Shout! Factory. The PBS concert was recorded in 2007. In April 2011, Simon was confirmed to appear at the Glastonbury music festival in England. Simon has appeared on ""Saturday Night Live"" (""SNL""), either as host or musical guest, 14 times. On one appearance in the late 1980s, he worked with the politician who shared his name, Illinois Senator Paul Simon. Simon's most recent ""SNL"" appearance on a Saturday night was on the October 13, 2018 episode hosted by Seth Myers. Prior to that, he appeared in the March 9, 2013 episode hosted by"
"Simon Dominic Jung Ki-suck (; born 9 March 1984), better known by his stage name Simon Dominic, is a South Korean hip hop recording artist and former co-CEO of the independent record label AOMG. He is also a former member of hip-hop duo Supreme Team. His stage name is a combination of Simon, Wesley Snipes' character from the movie ""Demolition Man"", and Dominic, his baptismal name. Simon Dominic first appeared in the Korean underground hip hop scene under the name K-Outa. He and rapper E-Sens formed the hip hop duo Supreme Team in 2009. They went on to win several"
"of partial ""Moorish"" origin based on her mother's exotic looks, but was in fact of Afro-Cuban descent). They had four children: Simon died in 1960 after suffering a heart attack. Simon was a resident of Fieldston, an area within Riverdale in the Bronx. Richard L. Simon Richard Leo Simon (March 6, 1899 – July 29, 1960) was an American book publisher. He was a Columbia University graduate, co-founder of the publishing house Simon & Schuster, and father of world-famous singer-songwriter Carly Simon. Simon was born to a Jewish family in 1899 in New York City. His father, Leo Simon, was"
"lesser-known aliases used by Cook in performances. Bands Cook appears in the documentary Tripping (1999) directed by Vikram Jayanti and written by Jeff Taupler about Ken Kesey and The Merry Pranksters. Fatboy Slim Norman Quentin Cook (born Quentin Leo Cook; 31 July 1963), also known as Fatboy Slim, is an English DJ, musician, and record producer. His records helped to popularise the big beat genre in the 1990s. In the 1980s, Cook was the bassist for the Hull-based indie rock band the Housemartins, who achieved a UK number-one single with their a cappella cover of ""Caravan of Love"". After the"
"Danny Simon Daniel Simon (December 18, 1918 in New York City – July 26, 2005 in Portland, Oregon) was an American television writer and comedy teacher. He was the older brother of playwright Neil Simon. The elder Simon wrote for television shows including ""Your Show of Shows"", ""The Colgate Comedy Hour"", ""The Phil Silvers Show"", ""Make Room for Daddy"", ""My Three Sons"", ""The Carol Burnett Show"", ""Kraft Music Hall"", ""Diff'rent Strokes"", and ""The Facts of Life"". He later became a comedy teacher. Woody Allen said about Simon, ""I've learned a couple of things on my own since and modified things"
"of the Year on January 29, 2010, two nights prior to the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards. He was also nominated for two Grammy Awards: Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance for ""Fork in the Road"" and Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package for ""Neil Young Archives Vol. 1 (1963–1972)"". Young won the latter Grammy Award. In 2010, he was ranked No. 26 in Gibson.com's Top 50 Guitarists of All Time. Neil Young Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945), is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician. After embarking on a music career in the 1960s, he moved to Los Angeles, where"
"Nick & Simon Nick & Simon are a Dutch singer-songwriter duo composed of Simon Keizer and Nick Schilder. They gained lots of success in their home country the Netherlands in 2006. Their album ""Luister"" (""Listen"") went double platinum in 4 months. In June 2011 they tried to find ""the American Dream"" in their own TV documentary show, ""Nick & Simon, The American Dreamteam"". Nick made his first TV appearance on the show ""Idols"", the Dutch version of ""Idol"", where he came in 11th place. Shortly after, Nick and Simon began to perform together. They were the most booked artists in"
"was of pardo heritage, a freed-slave descendant (the show ""Finding Your Roots"" tested Carly Simon's DNA as 10% African and 2% Indigenous). Her grandmother was sent to England and raised by nuns until the age of sixteen. Simon grew up in Fieldston, a section of Riverdale in the Bronx. The eldest of four, Simon has two sisters and a brother: rock musician, singer and songwriter Carly Simon (b. 1945), musician and composer Lucy Simon (b. 1943), and Peter Simon (b. 1947), a photo journalist. Joanna began piano lessons at the age of six, and then became interested in acting while"
"track of the same name. His pre-release single, ""Simon Dominic"", achieved a Certified All-Kill on the charts three days after its release and reached number two on the weekly Gaon Digital Chart. He appeared as a judge and producer on the fifth season of TV rap competition Show Me the Money. In April, 2018 it was announced that Simon Dominic, alongside Jay Park, Loco, and Gray would release a song in May 2018. In July 2018 Simon Dominic resigned as co-CEO of AOMG. Simon Dominic Jung Ki-suck (; born 9 March 1984), better known by his stage name Simon Dominic,"
"from Cuba, and was of pardo heritage, a freed-slave descendant (the show ""Finding Your Roots"" tested Carly Simon's DNA as 10% African and 2% Indigenous). Her grandmother was sent to England and raised by nuns until the age of sixteen. She is the older sister of musician Carly Simon. In addition to her younger sister Carly, she has an older sister, opera singer Joanna, and a younger brother, photographer Peter. Simon grew up in Fieldston, a section of Riverdale in the Bronx. She attended the Fieldston School, graduating in 1958 and Bennington College. Simon began her professional career at the"
"then one half of the English duo Lunatic Calm, with whom he released two albums, namely Metropol in 1997 and Breaking Point in 2001. Some of his songs (both remixes and new tracks) have appeared on The Crystal Method remix albums, ""Community Service"" and ""Community Service II"" amongst others . Despite attempting to keep his identity a secret, Simon also became well known as the Electro producer Zodiac Cartel between 2007 and 2012, and prior to that had recorded under multiple shorter-lived aliases such as Killer Elite, Futurecore, Double Black, pHrack R and Synchromesh. In 2014 he is increasingly renowned"
"Simon Fisher Turner Simon Turner (born 21 November 1954) is an English musician, songwriter, composer, producer and actor. After portraying Ned East in the 1971 BBC TV adaptation of ""Tom Brown's Schooldays"" and roles in films such as ""The Big Sleep"" (1978), Dover-born Simon Turner quickly rose to fame as a teenage star in Britain thanks to his mentor Jonathan King who released his first album ""Simon Turner"" in 1973 on UK Records. Turner was a member of the Gadget and also joined The The for a period of two years. He has used several names as a recording artist,"
"Simon Nixon Simon Justin Nixon (born August 1967) is an English billionaire businessman, the co-founder of and former deputy chairman of Moneysupermarket.com. Nixon was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire. He was educated at St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School in Flint, followed by the University of Nottingham, but dropped out because he found his accountancy degree ""boring"". Moneysupermarket was established in 1993 by Nixon, at the time a student at the University of Nottingham, and Duncan Cameron as a provider of off-line mortgage information to Independent Financial Advisors under the name ""Mortgage 2000"". and in 1999 launched ""moneysupermarket.com"" providing on-line mortgage"
"Simon Keizer Simon Nicolaas (Simon) Keizer (Volendam, born 16 May 1984) is a Dutch singer-songwriter. Together with Nick Schilder, he forms a duo called Nick & Simon. Simon wrote his first song in 2000 called ""Still Searching"", which he dedicated it to his dead father. Later, he recorded the song together with his classmate Nick Schilder. Since 2002 he has been making music with Nick and writes songs with or for Jan Smit. Monique Smit, sister of Jan Smit and also singer, contacted Simon to participate in her first album, called 'Stel je voor' (2008). Simon was also Jan Smit's"
"the son of musician Jan Simons. He is also a cellist, whose musical credits include several tracks on Rise Against's 2004 album ""Siren Song of the Counter Culture"". Simons and Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson both perform on country-punk musician Slim Milkie's 2010 album ""Silverado""; Milkie, whose real name is Scott Scobbie, is Simons' partner of nine years. Nicholas Simons Nicholas Simons is a Canadian politician. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia, and member of the New Democratic Party. He represents the riding of Powell River-Sunshine Coast. Simons was a candidate in the 2004 federal"
"was a success with audiences, and in the summer of that year he appeared with his own new 'Neil Landon Band'. Neil Landon Neil Landon (born Patrick Cahill, 26 July 1941) is an English singer, who has been credited with singing on a number of hits in the UK Singles Chart. In addition, he was a singer and songwriter with the band Fat Mattress, which he co-founded with guitarist/singer Noel Redding. Born in, Kirdford, Sussex, England, and later based in Folkestone, England, Landon started singing and playing semi-professionally under his real name of Pat Cahill in 1960, replacing Kitson 'Kit'"
"Gene Simmons Gene Klein (born Chaim Witz (, ; August 25, 1949), known professionally as Gene Simmons, is an Israeli-American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, actor, author, and television personality. Also known by his stage persona The Demon, he is the bassist and co-lead singer of Kiss, the rock band he co-founded with lead singer and rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley in the early 1970s. Simmons was born as Chaim Witz on August 25, 1949, at Rambam Hospital, in Haifa, Israel, to Jewish emigrants from Hungary. His mother, Florence Klein (originally Flóra Kovács), was born in Jánd, and survived internment"
"Simon recorded a second special, this one a half hour long, for the No Kidding series on Toronto-based IChannel. Simon has been featured in The LA times, the alternative arts paper the Georgia Straight, The Hollywood Reporter and many others. In November 2009 Uproar Entertainment signed Simon to an exclusive recording contract for his first full-length album titled UNFAMOUS. It was recorded all in one take, no edits, at the Comedy Underground in Seattle on January 16, 2010. The album is currently in North American distribution as well as being available on iTunes. Tracks from UNFAMOUS are regularly featured on"
"Simon Hill (musician) Simon Hill, (born, 25 February 1969, Bristol) is a musician, songwriter and record producer. Simon started his career playing drums, recording and touring with bands including JTQ, Kim Wilde, Pet Shop Boys, Westlife and Steps. He has also employed his programming, production and writing talents with an array of top acts, including S Club 7, Victoria Beckham, Emma Bunton, Alex Parks, Natasha Bedingfield, RyanDan, Will Martin, Moya Brennan, Conway Sisters, Steps, Louise Setara, and Connie Talbot. TV writing and production credits include: Fame Academy 2, Celebrity Fame Academy, When Jordan Met Peter, Toughest Place To Be A...,"
"backing vocal. Simon is the son of Klaas Keizer and Gerda Keizer-Keijzer. He has one elder sister, Carina. His father died in 1999 from cancer. Since September 2004 he has been in a relationship with Annemarie Hoek, with whom he lives. They became engaged in 2011. The two were married on 13 April 2012 in a private ceremony in Edam, NL. Simon is a great-nephew of BZN-singer Jan Keizer. Simon Keizer Simon Nicolaas (Simon) Keizer (Volendam, born 16 May 1984) is a Dutch singer-songwriter. Together with Nick Schilder, he forms a duo called Nick & Simon. Simon wrote his first"
"Kerry Simon Kerry Glen Simon (June 17, 1955 – September 11, 2015) was an American celebrity chef and restaurateur based in Las Vegas. Simon was also known by the moniker ""Rock n' Roll Chef"", given to him by ""Rolling Stone"". He was the executive chef and proprietor at his namesake restaurant ""Simon"" at Palms Place in Las Vegas. His other restaurants included Simon LA, in Los Angeles, Simon Prime in Atlantic City, New Jersey, along with KGB and Carson Kitchen in Las Vegas. Simon was born in Philadelphia and grew up in Evanston, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago's North Shore"
"of Fame in 2018. Nina Simone Nina Simone (; born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and activist in the Civil Rights Movement. Her music spanned a broad range of musical styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop. Born in North Carolina, the sixth child of a preacher, Waymon initially aspired to be a concert pianist. With the help of a few supporters in her hometown of Tryon, she enrolled in the Juilliard School of Music in New York. Waymon then applied for a scholarship to"
"Simon as duo group the Simon Sisters, she found great success as a solo artist with her 1971 self-titled debut album ""Carly Simon"", which won her the Grammy Award for Best New Artist, and spawned her first Top 10 single ""That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be"". She achieved international fame with her third album ""No Secrets"" which sat firmly at No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" 200 for five weeks and spawned the worldwide hit ""You're So Vain"", for which she received three Grammy nominations, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year. With her 1988"
"Harper Simon Harper James Simon (born September 7, 1972) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. His music has appeared on several albums and in film and television shows. He is the son of musician Paul Simon and his first wife, Peggy Harper. In 2010 he released his critically lauded self-titled solo album, which ""Rolling Stone"" called ""a gorgeous collection of vintage-sounding country-folk tunes."" In its review of the album, ""American Songwriter"" called Harper ""a real star in the making."" As a solo artist, Simon has appeared as a musical guest on ""The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"", ""Late Night"
"Neil Diamond Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actor. With 38 songs in the Top 10 on the ""Billboard"" Adult Contemporary charts, Diamond has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling musicians of all time. On the Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts, he has had ten No. 1 singles: ""Cracklin' Rosie"", ""Song Sung Blue"", ""Longfellow Serenade"", ""I've Been This Way Before"", ""If You Know What I Mean"", ""Desiree"", ""You Don't Bring Me Flowers"", ""America"", ""Yesterday's Songs"", and ""Heartlight"". Diamond was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of"
"damaged his knees and broke his right index finger. Simon Willson Simon Willson (Aka DJ Simon) is a Hong Kong radio producer, freestyle club DJ and sometime actor. Born in Bath, UK, he is the youngest son of record breaking former world 16m glider champion and renowned Combined Services and Hong Kong cricketer B.J. ""Tug"" Willson. Raised in Hong Kong, Willson has been a part of the Asian dance scene since the early eighties when he span in Tramps Disco Central, which was possibly Hong Kong's first regular ""party night"" as, every Friday, the tables and chairs were removed from"